Table 1 Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of CBD (μg mL−1).

From: The antimicrobial potential of cannabidiol

(a) Gram-positive (resistant strains in bold)

Species

Strain

Vancomycin

Daptomycin

Trimethoprim

Mupirocin

Clindamycin

CBD

Staphylococcus aureus

ATCC 25923 MSSA

1–2

1–2

2–4

0.25–0.5

0.06–0.25

1–2

Staphylococcus aureus

ATCC 43300 MRSA

0.5–1

0.5–1

2

0.125–0.5

>64

1–2

Staphylococcus aureus

NRS-1 MRSA VISA

2–4

4–8

2–4

0.125–0.5

64

1–4

Staphylococcus aureus

VRS1 VRSA

>64

1–4

>64

32–64

>64

1–2

Staphylococcus epidermidis

ATCC 12228

1–2

1–8

1–4

0.25–0.5

0.06–0.25

1–2

Staphylococcus epidermidis

NRS-60 VISE

2–4

1–4

>64

0.125–0.5

0.06–0.125

4–8

Streptococcus pneumoniae

ATCC 33400

0.5–1

1–4

0.5–2

0.25–0.5

0.06–2

1–2

Streptococcus pneumoniae

ATCC 700677 MDR

1

1–4

1–2

0.25–0.5

>64

1–4

Streptococcus pyogenes

ATCC 12344

0.25–0.5

0.125–0.25

2–4

≤0.03

0.125–0.25

1

Enterococcus faecium

ATCC 35667

0.25–0.5

4–8

≤0.03–0.06

1

≤0.03–0.06

0.5–1

Enterococcus faecium

ATCC 700221

>64

8

16

2

>64

1

Enterococcus faecalis

ATCC 29212

1–2

4–8

0.25–0.5

64

16–32

2

Enterococcus faecalis

clinical isolate

>64

8

>64

>64

>64

2–4

  

Vancomycin

 

Levofloxacin

Meropenem

Gentamicin

CBD

Enterococcus faecalis

MMX 486 VRE

>16

 

>32

4

>32

1

Enterococcus faecium

ATCC 19434

0.25

 

4

8

4

0.5

Enterococcus faecium

MMX 485 VRE

>32

 

1

>32

>32

1

Anaerobic growth conditions

  

Vancomycin

Erythromycin

Tetracycline

Mupirocin

Clindamycin

CBD

Staphylococcus aureus

ATCC 43300 MRSA

0.5–1

>32

0.06–0.25

0.03–0.06

>32

1–2

Cutibacterium acnes

ATCC 6919

0.25

0.125–0.25

0.125–0.5

>32

0.125

1–2

Clostridioides difficile

M7404 human ribotype 027

     

2–4

(b) Gram-negative

Species

Strain

Colistin

Trimethoprim

Mupirocin

Clindamycin

CBD

Escherichia coli

ATCC 25922

0.06–0.125

0.5–2

>64

>64

>64

Klebsiella pneumoniae

ATCC 700603, ESBL

0.125–1

8–16

>64

>64

>64

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

ATCC 27853

0.25–1

>64

>64

>64

>64

  

Vancomycin

Levofloxacin

Meropenem

Gentamicin

CBD

Acinetobacter baumannii

ATCC 19606

>32

0.25

0.5

8

>64

Serratia marcescens

MMX 6462

>32

0.06

4

1

>64

Stenotrophomonas maltophila

MMX 4746

>32

0.5

8

0.5

>64

Burkholderia cepacia

MMX 547

>32

1

1

>32

>64

Proteus mirabilis

MMX 6442

>32

0.03

≤0.03

0.25

>64

Salmonella typhimurium

ATCC 35987

>32

0.03

≤0.03

0.25

>64

Shigella dysenteriaev

ATCC 29026

>32

0.03

≤0.03

0.5

>64

Haemophilus influenzae

ATCC 49247

>32

0.015

0.5

1

>64

Moraxella catarrhalis

MMX 3782

32

0.03

≤0.03

0.25

1

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

ATCC 49226

8

0.002

≤0.03

4

1

Neisseria meningitidis

ATCC 13090

>32

0.004

≤0.03

8

0.25

Legionella pneumophila

MMX 7515

0.12

0.5

0.25

1

1

  1. VISA vancomycin intermediate S. aureus, VISE vancomycin intermediate S. epidermidis.